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A257917 a(n) is the largest y that is a member of a pair (x, y) of integers with x - y > 1 such that x^2 - y^2 is equal to the Fermat number 2^(2^n) + 1, or 0 if no such number exists. 2

%I #9 Jul 15 2015 09:03:49

%S 0,0,0,0,0,3349888,33640210518272,2852314775548000778752,

%T 46730819857678988884581779099803448292025618770199631109363712

%N a(n) is the largest y that is a member of a pair (x, y) of integers with x - y > 1 such that x^2 - y^2 is equal to the Fermat number 2^(2^n) + 1, or 0 if no such number exists.

%C 2^(2^n) + 1 belongs to A019434 if and only if a(n) = 0.

%D M. Krizek, F. Luca, L. Somer, 17 Lectures on Fermat Numbers: From Number Theory to Geometry, CMS Books in Mathematics, vol. 9, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 6.

%H Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat_number">Fermat number</a>

%F If 2^(2^n) + 1 is composite, then a(n) = A257916(n) - A093179(n).

%o (PARI) a(n) = {my(fn = 2^(2^n) + 1); if (isprime(fn), return(0)); my(spf = factor(fn)[1,1]); (fn/spf - spf)/2;} \\ _Michel Marcus_, Jun 07 2015

%Y Cf. A000215, A257916.

%K nonn

%O 0,6

%A _Arkadiusz Wesolowski_, May 12 2015

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